See the open thread.

However, in the event that Hillary suspends, can we have one thread at some point to talk about where those of us who don't support Obama can meet?

By the way, I think this has outraged enough of the Clinton camp to keep them going at least until the end of the week, whatever happens.

So now the AP is falling for a story the only effect of which would be voter suppression in two states? How do these things happen?

However, MSNBC also reporting that they have obtained an email written by Harold Ickes to some undisclosed superdelegate stating that although she will not be conceding tonight, she will "concede sometime before the end of the day on Thursday."  

If the multitudes were behind him, this nonsense wouldn't be necessary, the $burn rate of 2, 3 and 4 wouldn't be necessary.

Media gossips, wannabee bloggers and second-rate politicians looking for a gravy train love this candidate but the voters aren't buying into it.

Hillary's a fighter. It might explain why every half-@ssed poseur that can't make it on their own merit, record and work applies more energy to shrieking for her to quit than meeting her straight up and head on.

First of all, they happen because people from the Clinton campaign talk to the press.  Maybe they have bad info, maybe they spoke when they shouldn't have, maybe they just made things up.  That's how things happen.

As a Hillary supporter it is something I have become accustomed to. Afterall the pundits have been doing it for the last couple months.

Despite that Hillary supporters show their resilience by still coming out even when everyone says it's done.

It points to a very factual point even under the righteous label of the crowned nominee by the party , by the pundits , and by the fanatical zelics people are still coming out to vote against him in serious and concerning percentages.

I am a democrat who will not support him for president not just because I lost my candidate but because this nominee so flawed and his background tainted in a manner thats sets this country back 50 years.

 The split is huge and it is almost impossible to heal.

She will simply get no credit if she drops out earlier -- it will only be used by the Obama camp to kick her and Bill to the curb, and marginalize everything they have fought for and stood for over the years.

The only thing the Obama wing of the party understands is "force": the assembled mass of the Clinton coalition, and what it obviously represents for the future of the Democratic Party. The Obama wing will never grant the Clintons any respect that the Clintons won't be able to demand because of the coalition they have behind them.

The former first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her speech in New York City.

So not only is she not conceding, she's not even formally suspending.

Obama is 40 delegates shy of clinching the nomination, but he is widely expected to make up the difference Tuesday with superdelegate support and votes in South Dakota and Montana. Once he reaches the magic number of 2,118, Clinton will acknowledge that he has secured the necessary delegates to be the nominee.

Is that because that's what the rules currently say or because she's agreeing to that magic number?  Unclear.

She will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care.

So she's not suspending and she's going to continue to speak out on issues, including the one with which she disagrees with Obama.

But for all intents and purposes, the two senior officials said, the campaign is over.

Of course it is, there are no more states voting and she doesn't want to be seen as divisive.  But if it were really "over" in that Clinton was walking away she would concede or at least suspend.

So basically, after characterize Clinton as "conceding" the AP reports facts that indicate she will not, in fact, be conceding.  

QUESTION: If Barack Obama reaches that number today or tomorrow do you believe that Sen. Clinton is prepared to concede?
McAULIFFE: Yeah, I think that if Sen. Obama gets the numbers, I think Hillary Clinton will congratulate him, and call him the nominee.

And all the unity ponies were about to be trotted out too.  They were all just sent back to the barn and the ubiquitous WWTBJQ memes are in full force.

>>>Obama lead McCain 47 to 44 percent, in a reversal from Gallup's findings a month ago, which saw McCain ahead of Obama 47 to 45 percent.

BUT - further in the article.....

I've seen this time and time again from Axelrod, they have been manipulating the media almost from the beginning.  They pound via the media that Obama is the nominee and obviously the American people are rejecting it.  But, one would never guess that Clinton has had blowout after blowout primary results from the media so it's pretty obvious Alexrod with his marketing/public relations manipulation techniques has a lock on the MSM.

I recognize this technique from corporate lobbyists/public relations firms spinning for more cheap labor by claiming a worker shortage, target Professional workers.  Magically 110 major papers all cover the same story which just happens to be the rewritten talking points presented by corporate lobbyists, with zero basis in statistical fact.

There's a story up right now on CNN...an interview with Diane Feinstein.  The caption under her picture reads "Feinstein told CNN it's time for Clinton to call it quits."

Nowhere in the story do those words appear.  What she said was, "I think after the campaigns are wrapped up today, it is in fact a moment of truth." There's no way you can twist this into what CNN wrote.  Their caption is an outright lie.

There's a story up right now on CNN...an interview with Diane Feinstein.  The caption under her picture reads "Feinstein told CNN it's time for Clinton to call it quits."

Nowhere in the story do those words appear.  What she said was, "I think after the campaigns are wrapped up today, it is in fact a moment of truth." There's no way you can twist this into what CNN wrote.  Their caption is an outright lie.

There's a story up right now on CNN...an interview with Diane Feinstein.  The caption under her picture reads "Feinstein told CNN it's time for Clinton to call it quits."

Nowhere in the story do those words appear.  What she said was, "I think after the campaigns are wrapped up today, it is in fact a moment of truth." There's no way you can twist this into what CNN wrote.  Their caption is an outright lie.